Archaeology services and fees
You can pay for advice, a site visit, or approval of certain documents online.
If you don't know which service you need, contact the archaeology service.
Make a payment online
If you know which service you need, you can pay online.
View a list of fees for archaeology services we offer below:
The monitoring service includes:
- a 1-hour site visit
- confirmation of sign-off (normally provided within one day of the site visit)
The cost is £270 including VAT. Additional time is £169 per hour.
The advice service includes:
- a 1 hour desk-based research (may include preparation of a brief, checking WSIs, checking archaeological reports)
- written advice within 20 working days of receipt
The cost, including VAT is:
- £184 for minor schemes
- £368 for major schemes
Additional time is £169 per hour.
The advice service (including site visit) includes:
- a 1 hour desk-based research, may include preparation of a brief, checking WSIs, checking reports
- a 1 hour site visit within 10 working days of receipt (subject to client availability)
- written advice within 10 working days of site visit
The cost, including VAT is:
- £454 for minor schemes
- £638 for major schemes
Additional research or site-visit time is £169 per hour.
The priority service includes a:
- priority site meeting undertaken as a matter of urgency
- written response provided within 5 working days of site visit
The cost is £819 (including VAT).
Remote or digital search (single project use) charge:
- £145 for standard search
- £218 for extended search
- unusually large or complex searches to be individually costed
Priority search (2 working days) charge:
- £72 surcharge to above
Standard searches are those involving no more than 50 monument records or updates of a search undertaken within the past 5 years.
Extended searches are those involving 51 to 150 monument records.
VAT is not payable on HER searches.
Charge:
- £72 for standard search
- £218 for extended search area
- unusually large/complex searches to be individually costed
Printing/photocopying charge:
- £0.11 per sheet
Licence for reproduction of images charge:
- Buckinghamshire Archive rates apply
VAT is not payable on HER searches.
Remote or digital search (single project use) charge:
- discretionary charge
Visit to HER (in addition to above) charge:
- discretionary charge
Priority search (2 working days) charge:
- discretionary charge
Printing or photocopying charge:
- discretionary charge
Licence for reproduction of images:
- no charge
VAT is not payable on HER searches.
For further details email [email protected]